NCAA Basketball Tourney 2018: Points to Ponder

I asked some college basketball observers why they prefer the NCAA over professional hoops. These fanatics mentioned words and phrases like: more hustle hungrier excitement The regular season and playoffs in the NBA are marathons, versus the NCAA’s sprints. It is no secret that we would rather see Usain Bolt, than Eliud Kipchoge. You don’t even…

Dream Team vs. Current Stars: Something old, something new

What Kobe Bryant said prior to the London Games was actually fairly reasonable: he said the 2012 Olympic basketball team could beat the 1992 team. Not “We’d kill ’em.” We can be sure that he didn’t volunteer it. He was asked, and he answered. That statement was tepidly co-signed by LeBron James. Michael Jordan and…